Don Imus Show?

Question

Imus' show should not have been canceled, or his radio program. 2 weeks was enough, but idiots like Rev. Al Sharpton was pushing for more. its not like Imus hates black people. he said something wrong, and he apologized. its not like he said it and was like "i meant it, i hate them". and its not like black people dont make racial comments too. whats your opinion?

Answer 1

First, how about giving some attention to the Tennessee girls who actually won the game?!

It was absolutely hypocritical of MSNBC, CBS and any sponsors to cower to what was nothing less than intimidation and more likely a not so subtle threat from Jackson and Sharpton.

As of 9:25 p.m. this evening, the official Rainbow Push Coalition website had a total of 88 votes on the question of Imus being fired. 88 votes.

The sponsors of Imus' show have enjoyed the promotional benefits of it for years and years. OK, they want to "punish" him, pull the ad revenue for 2 weeks and DONATE IT to the Imus Ranch for Kids with Cancer.

Only one businessman has shown real "abdominal fortitude" in this situation and that is Fred Lundgren of KCAA-AM radio in San Bernardino (Loma Linda) California. KCAA-AM will begin to air the BEST OF IMUS starting this Monday morning, April 16, 2007 and it is available via Internet (audio and studiocam) via http://www.kcaaradio.com

Anybody who has truly been a listener of Imus, knows he is NOT a hateful or mean man. His grumpiness is part of the schtick and he is in fact a brilliant radio announcer/producer and comic.

The man refers to his own beautiful wife as "that Green ho" because of her interest in matters of environment.

Imus being removed from the public airwaves at the will of a minority of people who could have turned the dial if they didn't want to hear him is UNAMERICAN and a threat to our First Ammendment rights.

So don't go looking at a GM dealer for a new or used car. Leave home without your American Express and get your copies made at Office Depot instead of Staples. As for Proctor & Gamble, try Great Value products available at any Wal*Mart and specifically for coffee, you just gotta try Imus Ranch Foods available at selected stores and online at http://www.imusranchfoods.com

Imus Fans unite! Join us at http://www.imusfans.org that redirects you to a Yahoo group accessible with your Yahoo ID!

Links to the KCAA chatroom and a lot more is there :-)

Answer 2

To a certain degree I agree with you. Everyone is overreacting. BUT... I don't think this has as much to do with Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson or even race as people are making it out to be. A radio program is still a job. When you are on the job, whatever you do or say reflects on your employers. Now try to think of how many jobs you or your folks or your friends have had where they could make racially insensitive or sexist comments and get away with it. If you thought some examples, guess what? It was either a really low brow job, or you work for your family. 99% of employers in America will fire you on the spot for making comments like that on the job. The other 1% is going to find themselves in court and will lose business over it. So I don't see how they could possibly NOT fire him. Imus is not above the law. He is not above the rest of us who have to treat people with respect on the job. What he said was wrong, regardless of whether or not blacks make racial comments or not, and his employers had no choice but to let him go. In the same place, you would do it too. If you didn't, you'd pay for it with major loss of revenue. This is not a big secret. It is business. Don Imus knew this, and he still made the comments. So no matter how much everyone overreacted, and they definitely did, Imus got what he had coming to him. End of story.

Answer 3

I don't think CBS or MSNBC were right. First of all, let me say that I think Imus is a complete idiot, even before these nasty remarks. With that said, he did apologize - many times, and personally to the team last night. I thought it took alot of guts on his part to have Al Sharpton on his show after this happened. All Sharpton and Jackson do, is stir the pot and create more hatred. Lets face it, we have come along way, and we still have further to go, but when these guys come on and make it seem like they are superior to the rest of us, and its their way, or no way - BS. Thats no way to handle this. This wasn't just a racial issue, it was a sexist issue. One man can not take down a Rutgers basketball player, much less the whole team, unless they allow him to do that. These are highly intelligent women, who did not even hear him say these things, they had to be repeated to them to get them fired up and take away from the wonderful job that they had just done. I think Sharpton and Jackson are taking away our rights, and these two networks caved to them so that they were not seen as racists. Yes, we have lost our right to free speech, and alot of other things in this country, I can't help but wonder whats next. By firing Imus - all it did was lessen the value of the lives of the young men and women who are fighting for our rights on a daily basis, only to have our rights stripped from us. I know what he said was wrong and should never have been said, but firing was nto necessary. Again I say, when you buy a TV, it comes with a remote, remote controls are issued to everyone, it doesn't matter what your skin color is, your sex or sexual preference, it doesn't matter what your religious beliefs are, or if you have any. The instructions come in several languages so that EVERYONE understands how to change the channel if you don't like what is on the tube. Would punishing him on the air have been better for everyone??? Yes, what if they made him take 15 minutes out of every show and devote it to a story in the news about racism, hate crimes, etc?? Would we all not have been better served? By setting this president of firing for something that was said, all we did was increase the welfare lines.
Al and Jessie, and their precious NAACP are the black communitys version of the KKK. They fear the KKK, we fear the NAACP. Lets do away with both of these, and put everyone on an equal level. I am tired of paying the price for my ancestors decisions to have slaves. I am tired of paying the price for my ancestors decision to take this beautiful land away from the indians. I didn't steal the land, I didn't buy the slaves. Its time to move on, and live in the year in which it is. I think that the white man was just made even more of a minority by this firing than it was last week. I think everyone is entitled to the same benefits, jobs, choices, etc. I don't think we should be filling jobs based on color instead of being qualified for the job.

Answer 4

MIckey Rooney of 60 Minutes almost lost his job about twenty years ago for saying something non-politically correct.

Calling a group of young women 'ho' was out of line, and I had no idea what 'nappy' meant.

Howard Stern should have been fired a long time ago.

So it all depends on who complains and how much complaining is done. Personally I think the media is dragging this thing way out of proportion.

I also don't like it when I hear black people call each other the 'N' word, but I have to put up with that version of racism.

Answer 5

The answer to your question is that he suppose to be professional. That shouldn't had came out his mouth. He might not hate black people. He meant that ****. Tell me the last time you heard a professional black person call a white person a cracker or trailer park trash. If you can tell me hit me up.

Answer 6

If you believe that he was fired because of Al Sharpton pushing the issue. He doesn't have that much control.

Answer 7

I agree with you. I think what he said was wrong, sure. But I think meeting with Rutgers and the public apology along with the 2 week supension was enough. I don't think his coment should have been a career ending coment.

Answer 8

For the politicians, it is a controversy that would not contain them at as quickly as, a diversion, the country is in an uproar approximately somebody else as a replace of them. They love those issues, it provides them a smash from the hotseat.

Answer 9

This is far from the 1st outrageous thing he has said. He should never have been hired in the 1st place.

Answer 10

it will never be enough for al and jesse

gw